French door
Also called French doors
A pair of glazed doors that swing from the sides and meet in the middle.
French doors are two doors hinged on opposite sides of one opening, each glazed almost to the full height. Together they open the full width of the doorway.
They are usually divided into small lites by muntins, and are used where a room opens to a garden or another room.
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Related
- Active leafThe leaf of a pair of doors that opens first and carries the lock.
- Inactive leafThe leaf of a pair of doors that is held shut with bolts until it is needed.
- AstragalThe strip on the meeting edge of a pair of doors that closes the gap between them.
- LiteA single pane of glass in a door.
- MuntinA narrow bar that divides a glazed door into lites.